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North Platte Basin Roundtable Meeting Minutes, 04.22.2008 2 <br />Deliverables: <br />Potential conservation efforts <br />Relationship of conservation to system reliability <br />Potential uses of conserved water <br />Role of conservation in meeting the gap <br />Path forward: <br />Conservation + water resource development together <br />Goal of reduced per capita water use <br />Conservation plaming elements thoroughly considered <br />Prepare for drought <br />Conservation as a source of firture water supply remains a challenge <br />Ag efficiency: <br />Alternative Ag transfers to permanent dry-up <br />Half a million Ag acres lost to M & I <br />Types of transfers: interruptible supply agreements <br />Rotational fallowing arrangements <br />Water bai~lcs <br />Alternative cropping and/or irrigation <br />Purchase & leaseback <br />Urban and Ag water transfer partnerships are possible but challenging <br />Multiple methods are feasible <br />Future of Ag in Colorado: <br />Is preserving Ag in CO a goal? <br />If yes, what is Ag willing to do to achieve the goal? <br />Is new water development preferable to Ag transfers? <br />Should Ag water use continue in all areas that are currently irrigated? <br />Ag options: <br />What are the priority areas? Why? <br />Are there Ag shortages? Where? <br />Should alternatives be developed to address Ag shortages? <br />Environmental and Recreation Technical Roundtable: <br />Consider priorities in context of human need for water <br />Deliverables: <br />GIS mapping of basin attributes <br />Examples of successful environmental and rec water management strategies <br />Identify potential funding sources <br />Identify future environmental projects <br />Balancing consumptive and non-consumptive needs remains a challenge <br />